Aloe vera gel is widely used as a functional ingredient in food processing. This gel is very unstable due to its high water activity. Drying process can be used to obtain shelf stable products. Response surface methodology was used to assess the effects of solution concentration (30-60% w/w), solution temperature (30-50°C) and immersion time (4-6h) at atmospheric pressure and constant solution ...

introduction: iron deficiency anemia (ida) is the most common form of anemia and one of the most important health problems. iron supplementation for high risk groups can prevent ida and its complications in the community. we need to have a holistic approach to control ida with minimum cost and complications. considering the high prevalence rate of ida in iran, assessment of the effects of micro...

BACKGROUND Abiotic stresses are serious threats to plant growth, productivity and result in crop loss worldwide, reducing average yields of most major crops. Although abiotic stresses might elicit different plant responses, most induce the accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in plant cells leads to oxidative damage. L-ascorbic acid (AsA, vitamin C) is known as an antioxidant and H2O2-...

The article discusses vitamin C from the point of view of its supplementation with food and in the form of oral supplements. The dual action of vitamin C is connected with the presence of oxygen, which may reduce the amount of the vitamin in food products, influence thermal resistance, cause degradation and show an antioxidation effect. Vitamin C stimulates the immune cells and collagen synthes...

background: the aim of this study is to investigate the effect of vitamin a and c, as the agents that improve wound healing, on the adhesion formation process. materials and methods: sixty male wistar rats were used. they underwent midline laparotomy, for repair of a peritoneal injury, and were then assigned to four groups. group 1 (vitamin a) received 2000 units/kg intramuscular injection of v...

In this research study, two percentage of alginate as wall material and 0.1m cacl2 as hardening bath were optimized for encapsulation (bead formation) through extrusion process. The encapsulation efficiency (ee) at 500mg of ascorbic acid was highest (74%) compared to 750 mg and 1000mg. Ee was highest (95%) at 40g for amla pulp. Encapsulated ascorbic acid beads had significantly higher the conte...

.luice to be 6 to 8 times stronger in vitamin-C content. I corresponded with the Director of the Nutrition Research Laboratories, Dr. W. R. Aykroyd of Coonoor, to whom I sent two parcels of cashew fruits and he was very kind to send me his result in the following reply:? ' The vitamin-C content of the sample of cashew fruits sent by you has been determined, the figure obtained being about 376 m...

BACKGROUND The theoretical, but especially the practical values of identifying the biochemical compounds from the Rosa canina L. fruits are of present interest, this aspect being illustrated by the numerous researches. It was reported that the Rosa canina L. fruit, with its high ascorbic acid, phenolics and flavonoids contents, have antioxidant, antimutagenic and anticarcinogenic effects.This s...

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Male guinea pigs were fed during 5 weeks with diets differing only in vitamin C content: low (33 mg/kg diet), medium (660 mg/kg), and high (13,200 mg/kg). Heart vitamin C was strongly dependent on dietary vitamin C and heart vitamin E showed a trend to increase as a function of the vitamin C level in the diet. The low vitamin C diet decreased body weight gain, food intake, and heart malondialde...